USS Centaur

Chief shuttle for expeditions of a scientific nature

IRWIN Sovereign Class Specialized Craft

Type: Sovereign Class Specialized Craft

Accommodation: 3 flight crew, 20 passengers. Dimensions: Length: 28 m; Width: 16.7 m; Height: 12,2 m

Power Plant: One 5,220-millicochrane warp engine, two 700-millicochrane impulse engines, four RCS thrusters.

Mass: 188.3 metric tons Performance: Cruise: Warp 4.5; Max Cruise: Warp 5; Max Warp: Warp 5.5/12hrs Armament: Standard - 6 Type V phaser arrays + 1 torpedo launcher (optional) Transporters: One standard 2-personnel

Hull: Duranium-Tritanium composite

Number of Decks: 1 Total

Officers and Crew: 22-25 Evacuation Limit: 50

MISSION OBJECTIVES

IRWIN Specialised Craft was designed to complete four general mission types:

• Short Notice and/or Emergency Response Transportation for Scientific Expeditions or Medical Personnel.

• Act as a Base of Operations (orbital or landed) for Scientific Expeditions or Medical Response.

• Transport personnel, intact experiment and/or cargo modules.

• Perform tactical missions such as intelligence gathering (scouting), covert insertion/extraction of personnel, act as a deterrent of threatening situations, etc.